Evaluation Of Demographic And Clinicopathological Characteristics Of Osteosarcoma Patients

INTRODUCTION: It is aimed that a retrospective analysis of 122 patients who were diagnosed with osteosarcoma and underwent surgical treatment between January 2002 and January 2015 at the Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic of our Hospital.
METHODS: A total of 122 patients (81 males, 41 females) were included in the study. All data were retrospectively and completely evaluated. 95.9% of the patients were operated. 72.7% of these patients, had limb sparing surgery and 27.3% had amputation.
RESULTS: The mean age was 23.9 years (range 7-82 years). 50% of the patients were between 11 and 20 years of age and 66.3% of them were located in the knee (50.8% distal femur and 15.5% proximal tibia). At the time of diagnosis, 59% of cases were found to be Enneking Stage 2B. The most common tumor type was conventional osteosarcoma.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: When we examined the cases of osteosarcoma which diagnosed in our hospital, the distribution and features of tumor was similar to other cases that is in other hospitalsin our country and the world literature.

Osteosarkom Tanýlý Hastalarýn Demografik Ve Klinikopatolojik Özelliklerinin Deðerlendirilmesi

GÝRÝÞ ve AMAÇ: Hastanemiz Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Kliniðinde Ocak 2002-Ocak 2015tarihleri arasýnda osteosarkom tanýsý almýþ ve cerrahi tedavisi uygulanmýþ olan 122 hastanýn retrospektif analizi amaçlandý.
YÖNTEM ve GEREÇLER: 81'i erkek(%66.3), 41'i kadýn(%33.7), toplam 122 hasta çalýþmaya dahil edildi.Hastalara iliþkin tüm veriler retrospektif olarak eksiksiz þekilde deðerlendirildi. Hastalarýn %95.9'u opere edildi. Bu hastalardan %72.7’sinde ekstremite koruyucu cerrahi, %27.3'ünde amputasyon uygulandý.
BULGULAR: Ortalama yaþ 23.9 (7-82 yaþ arasý) idi. Hastalarýn %50'si 11-20 yaþ arasý genç gruptu, %66,3 diz çevresi (%50,8i femur distal ve %15.5'i tibia proksimal) yerleþimliydi.Taný anýnda vakalarýn %59 unun Enneking Evre 2B olduðu görüldü. En sýk tümör tipi konvansiyonel osteosarkomdu.
TARTIÞMA ve SONUÇ: Hastanemizde taný almýþ osteosarkom vakalarý incelendiðinde, tümör daðýlýmý ve özelliklerinin dünya literatürü ve türkiyedeki diðer lokal hastane verilerine benzer þekilde olduðu saptanmýþtýr.